Overseas Orders ** Processing/Payment/Shipment

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Hey y'all,

 

A few days ago someone asked about shipping orders to international

buyers. Don't remember who asked but below are updated extracts from a

post I made to the list last year in reply to a similar request.

 

> How do ya'll handle overseas wholesale orders? This one

> is from an apparent " real " company in New Zealand.

 

Credit Cards or Pay Pal if they are from a country that Pay Pal accepts.

I have a laundry list of those countries.

 

> I'm a little concerned about accepting a credit card from

> anyone overseas.

 

I'm not. I have customers in 85 countries outside the USA .. at least

half of my wholesale business is international and many of them have

been regular customers since I opened shop for wholesale and retail in

1999. To date, I have never been shafted on a CC by an international

customer. In fact, I've only been shafted two times since 1995 .. one

was a medical doctor in San Juan, Puerto Rico .. but that was on a

contract for salted, roasted and packaged sunflower seeds, and the other

was a medical doctor in Buffalo Grove, IL .. on production of essential

oils.

 

NOBODY should EVER do business in Nigeria. From time to time you will

get requests written in bad English from English sounding names .. they

will ask if you accept credit cards and will you use express shipping

and ship to their company in Nigeria .. then they ask you for your web

site .. like .. they don't even know what you are selling. ;-) The

thing is .. their scam is such that it doesn't matter what you sell ..

they are just collecting goodies and you will never be paid .. why?

Because they will either use a stolen CC .. or they are in cahoots with

the local express shipping company and will claim non receipt.

 

Nigeria is the center of con artist actions today .. and the Nigerian

government does nothing about it because many government employees are a

part of the corrupt system.

 

Back when I was doing commodities I received an irrevocable, confirmed

Letter Of Credit from a bank in Nigeria .. but it was a non-existent

bank. I did not make the shipment. ;-)

 

> Would you send a Paypal invoice perhaps?

 

I don't even send Pay Pal invoices to my American customers .. one of

the options is paying via Pay Pal .. if that's their choice I tell them

how much to send to AnatolianTreasures .. it always works.

They get a Paid Invoice with the Order. From time to time international

customers requests Pro Forma Invoices .. they are easy to prepare and if

anyone needs to know what they look like .. e-mail me and I'll send one.

 

I am thinking they need the Pro Forma to convince their bank to allow

the CC transfer .. or .. because they don't know what they are doing.

 

> How do you handle shipping? and invoicing for shipping?

 

I give my international buyers a choice .. they select the method. As

for invoicing .. its no different than invoicing a US Customer .. you

just have to fill out some small customs forms. For example .. we just

sent this option to a buyer in Hong Kong:

 

Below are the shipping options for your order. Please advise which

service you would like us to use to ship your order.

 

Economy Surface Parcel Post (4-6 Weeks): $38.50

This cannot be tracked.

 

Airmail Parcel Post (4-10 Days): $78.10

This option cannot be tracked until 60 days following shipment.

 

Global Express Mail ( 3-5 Days): $82.20

This option can be tracked at any time.

 

Though Global Express is a bit more costly than Airmail Parcel Post it

is also the fastest and most efficient system.

 

> ANY info appreciated!

 

Welcome you are.

 

> XXXXXXXX

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch http://www.AV-AT.com